M2.8 earthquake Western Turkey
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck in Western Turkey on Thu, Feb 19, 2004, 12:22 AM GMT+2 (22:22 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 15 km NW of Buharkent, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-02-18 22:22:43 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.768° N, 27.927° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 164°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.918 km NE of Gölmarmara, Turkey · 8260 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.93 km E of Soma, Turkey · 8258 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.83 km NE of S?nd?rg?, Turkey · 8258 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.94 km W of Soma, Turkey · 8257 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.79 km SE of Akhisar, Turkey · 8254 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.914 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 8253 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.99 km WSW of Soma, Turkey · 8252 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.615 km NW of Buharkent, Turkey · 8241 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 2.919 km ENE of Akhisar, Turkey · 8260 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.87 km SSW of Zeytinliova, Turkey · 8260 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.63 km S of Manisa, Turkey · 8260 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.121 km NNE of Akhisar, Turkey · 8262 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.84 km ESE of Menemen, Turkey · 8262 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.76 km NNE of Ala?ehir, Turkey · 8262 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.018 km ENE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 8264 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.93 km WNW of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 8269 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.79 km ESE of Sava?tepe, Turkey · 8269 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cmh3. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC.